12th Parliament of Upper Canada

Parliament for Upper Canada 1835–1836 August 2021 December 2022 The 12th Parliament of Upper Canada was opened 15 January 1835. Elections in Upper Canada had been held in October 1834. All sessions were held at York, Upper Canada. This parliament was dissolved 28 May 1836 by the new Lieutenant Governor, Sir Francis Bond Head. Head ordered a new election because the House of Assembly, dominated by reformers, had refused to pass any new money bills. The assembly also labelled Head a deceitful tyrant after he had invoked his right to consult them (the representatives of the people) only on certain specific matters. It was succeeded by the 13th Parliament of Upper Canada in November 1836. The 12th Parliament had two sessions: 15 January 1835 to 16 April 1835, and 14 January 1836 to 20 April 1836.Archives of Ontario https://web.archive.org/web/20110611113645/http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/about/library_l12.aspx#tablea#tablea 11 June 2011 Both the House and Parliament sat at the third Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada. SessionsStartEnd1st15 January 183516 April 18352nd14 January 183620 April 1836 Members RidingMemberFirst elected/ previously electedNo. of termsON Independent row BrockvilleDavid Jones1824, 18342nd term*ON Independent row CarletonEdward Malloch18341st termON Independent row CarletonJohn Bower Lewis18302nd termON Independent row CornwallArchibald McLean – Speaker 183618205th termON Independent row DundasPeter Shaver1820, 18284th term*ON Independent row DundasJohn Cook18302nd termON Independent row DurhamGeorge Strange Boulton1824, 18303rd term*ON Independent row DurhamJohn Brown18302nd termON Independent row EssexFrancis Xavier Caldwell18341st termON Independent row EssexJohn Alexander Wilkinson18341st termON Independent row FrontenacJacob Shibley18341st termON Independent row FrontenacJohn Strange18341st termON Independent row GlengarryDonald Macdonell18244th term ON Independent row GlengarryAlexander Chisholm18341st termON Independent row GrenvilleHiram Norton18312nd termON Independent row GrenvilleWilliam Benjamin Wells18341st termON Independent row HaldimandWilliam Hamilton Merritt18322nd termON Independent row HaltonCaleb Hopkins1828, 18342nd term*ON Independent row HaltonJames Durand, Jr.18341st termON Independent row HamiltonAllan Napier MacNab18302nd termON Independent row HastingsHenry W. Yager18341st termON Independent row HastingsJames Hunter Samsondied while still in office on 27 March 1836 and was not replaced.18283rd termON Independent row Hurona separate riding was created for Huron in 1835.Robert Graham Dunlop (July 1835)18351st termON Independent row KentWilliam McCrae18341st termON Independent row KentNathan Cornwall18341st termON Independent row KingstonChristopher Alexander Hagerman18302nd termON Independent row LanarkWilliam Morrisbecame a member of the Legislative Council in January 1836; Alexander Thom was elected in a by-election held in February 1836.18205th termON Independent row Alexander Thom (1836)18361st termON Independent row LanarkJosias Tayler18341st termON Independent row LeedsOgle Robert GowanOgle Gowan and Robert Jameson were elected but the election was declared invalid due to violence at the polls; William Buell and Mathew Howard were elected in a by-election.18341st termON Independent row William Buell (Apr 1836)1828, 18362nd term*ON Independent row LeedsRobert Sympson Jameson18341st termON Independent row Matthew M. Howard (Apr 1836)1830, 18362nd term*ON Independent row Lennox & AddingtonMarshall Spring Bidwell – Speaker 183518244th term ON Independent row Lennox & AddingtonPeter Perry18244th term ON Independent row 1st Lincoln CountyDennis Woolverton18341st termON Independent row 2nd LincolnGeorge Rykert18341st termON Independent row 3rd LincolnJohn Johnston Leffertyelection was overturned on appeal and David Thorburn was declared elected.1825, 18343rd term*ON Independent row David Thorburn (Feb 1835)18351st termON Independent row 4th LincolnGilbert McMicking18341st termON Independent row MiddlesexThomas Parke18341st termON Independent row MiddlesexElias Moore18341st termON Independent row Niagara (town)Charles Richardson18341st termON Independent row NorfolkFrancis Leigh Walsh18341st termON Independent row NorfolkDavid Duncombe18341st termON Independent row NorthumberlandAlexander McDonell18341st termON Independent row NorthumberlandJohn Gilchrist18341st termON Independent row OxfordCharles Duncombe18302nd termON Independent row OxfordRobert Alway18341st termON Independent row PrescottAlexander MacDonell of Greenfielddied on 16 February 1835 and was replaced by John Chesser.1820, 18353rd term*ON Independent row John Chesser (Apr 1835)18351st termON Independent row PrescottCharles Waters18341st termON Independent row Prince EdwardJohn Philip Roblin18302nd termON Independent row Prince EdwardJames Wilson1808, 1820, 18345th term*ON Independent row RussellThomas McKay18341st termON Independent row SimcoeWilliam Benjamin Robinson18302nd termON Independent row SimcoeSamuel Lount18341st termON Independent row StormontWilliam Bruce18341st termON Independent row StormontDonald Aeneas MacDonell18341st termON Independent row TorontoJames Edward Small18341st termON Independent row WentworthHarmannus Smith18341st termON Independent row WentworthJacob Rymal18341st termON Independent row 1st YorkDavid Gibson18341st termON Independent row 2nd YorkWilliam Lyon Mackenziefled to US 1837-184918283rd termON Independent row 3rd YorkThomas David Morrison18341st termON Independent row 4th YorkJohn McIntosh18341st term See also Legislative Council of Upper Canada Executive Council of Upper Canada Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada Lieutenant Governors of Upper Canada, 1791-1841 Historical federal electoral districts of Canada List of Ontario provincial electoral districts References Further reading Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology, Frederick H. Armstrong, Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1985. 0-919670-92-X Category:Parliaments of Upper Canada Category:1835 establishments in Upper Canada Category:1836 disestablishments in Upper Canada